Course Curriculum
Course Agenda
Leading experts in the anode technology field will provide an overview of the key principles and operating practices needed for consistent production of high-quality anodes necessary for optimum potroom operations in this course. Specific topics to be addressed during this program include:
Green Mill
- Raw Materials
- Dry Aggregate
- Preheating
- Mixing
- Forming
- Cooling
Baking Furnaces
- Packing
- Sealing
- Firing
- Draft Control
- Cooling
- Unpacking
- "Dirty" Fires
- Holding a Fire
- Firing the Crossover
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Rodding
- Anode Butt Cleaning and Processing
- Anode Butt Sodium and Calcium
- Cast Iron Chemistry
- Induction Furnace Operations
- Condition of Yokes and Stubs
- Rodded Anode Quality Criteria
- Anode Covering Material
Anode Consumption
- Anode Testing
- Anode Problems
- Connection between Anode Quality and Performance Potlines
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